Time Off

We're taking some time off from potty training until N's bladder is a little bigger. Every 30 minutes is just not working out for us right now! So, we're happily back in diapers until further notice.

We also enjoyed G's time off for Memorial Day. We spent Saturday and Sunday at home, and then ventured out to the Carl Sandburg home in Flat Rock, NC on Monday. Once we were home, I told G that I wished we could get an "hour by hour" forecast of how things will go on trips like this. Here is how it played out for us:

9 - gas in the car, on the road, everyone happy, M takes a little nap and N enjoys the ride
11:00 - arrive in Flat Rock but decide to go on a wild goose chase for a raincoat since it's threatening to rain
12:00 - arrive at Carl Sandburg home with a whiny toddler who is anxious to see the mountains - we never did find that raincoat since stores are selling bathing suits now
12:15 - I feed M in the car while Daddy and N start the hike up to the goat farm

12:45 - I join them and look around the barn and pet goats with N while Daddy hangs out with M


1:30 - we've had enough of the goat farm and decide we're hungry for lunch
2:00 - Daddy goes to the car to get our lunch stuff (I have both kids while he does this, so I carry M in the baby bjorn and push N in the stroller - everyone looks at me with great awe and wonder)
2:45 - kids fall asleep as soon as we crank the car
3:15 - they both wake up screaming as we slow down to get on the Blue Ridge Parkway, but they get over it and ride happily so we decide it's worth it to stop at Lake Tomahawk in Black Mountain since we've come all this way
4:00 - it's raining when we get there, but we wait for it to pass, and then we explore the lake and look at the ducks and N runs up and down the ramp to the gazebo...we enjoy the mountain scenery and ask ourselves why didn't we just come here to start with?
5:00 - on the road again after a quick stop for Frostys
6:30 - the "screamfest" begins when M decides it's time to eat...after his tummy is full, he still screams for an hour because he wants out of his carseat
7:30 - M falls asleep and we can all breathe again
7:45 - we pull in the driveway and unload...although we are exhausted, we're glad we went! I get particularly sentimental when we go to Black Mountain...it really does seem like just yesterday that we were college kids falling in love during those magical summers at Ridgecrest.